On December 16, Beijing time, the Rockets lost to the Cavaliers at 89:124 on the road, ending a three-game winning streak.
In this game, many players on both teams have been truncated due to injury, the Cavaliers this year's tandem Mobley is suspended due to injury, the Rockets team De, Gordon, House, Green and Porter are suspended due to injury, in the game Rockets coach Silas because of dehydration, resulting in early exit, go to the locker room for infusion, the Rockets, whether players, or head coaches, from the team's integrity are very lacking, coupled with the Rockets' only point guard Augustin was expelled, prompting the Rockets to finally lose to the opponent.
In this game, the Rockets discharged the starting lineup as Augustine, Matthews, Brooks, Tate and Theth.
In the case of Wood and Gordon's truce due to injury, Silas did the same, replacing the positions of Augustine and Theis, thus continuing the lineup of the big four, but although it was also a big four squad, the performance at both ends of the attack and defense was very different.
On the offensive end, from the opening stage, the Rockets let Theis participate too much in tactics, tactical initiation from Augustine and Theiss blocking and dismantling launched, when the Cavaliers formed a change of defense, Thees, whether it is a mid-range shot, or the end under the basket, the efficiency is very bad, and outside the three-point line, Theiss has no pulling power, Theiss does not have the ability to attack independently, prompting Wood's offensive influence, which is completely invisible here in Theiss.
Therefore, the Rockets' offensive end relied more on Tate's strong attack on the inside line, as well as Tate's passing to connect the whole team, and in the case of Matthews and Brooks encountering the Cavaliers' targeted defense, the two did not achieve anything in the projection of the outside line, prompting the Rockets' tactical failure of space optimization for the rocket's double shooters.
The root cause of the rocket's double shooter space optimization failure is that the rocket has no practical threat on the inside line, in the starting stage, the Cavaliers have Aaron and Markkanen, in the bench connection section cavaliers have Ed Davis and Love, whether it is height, or physical talent, the rocket's players are difficult to play in the inside line, especially Theis this point is completely failed on the offensive end, Tate encountered very large defensive pressure, Matthews and Brooks completely can not shoot, prompting Augustine to be basically worthless on the offensive end, The end result was a rout for the Rockets from the start of the game.
In the face of such a situation, the Rockets have tried to make adjustments, but the results of the adjustment have little effect, when the Rockets have a scoring drought, and the Rockets have a large number of mistakes to be converted by the opponent's attack and defense, Silas once sent a lineup of Shenjing and Augustine, but the effect was not good, Martin Jr. faced Aaron, Markkanen, and the inside group of Lefu and Ed Davis, appearing to be tall and not enough to fight, the ability to finish was greatly reduced, Christopher made consecutive mistakes at both ends of the attack and defense in the first half, extremely dragging the team's hind legs, Nuwaba on the bench side is a weakness on the offensive development end, and the Rockets really lack a stable end point, relying on Shin Kyung's piecemeal play and Tate's tough attack frame to barely score.
In the fourth quarter, the Cavaliers replaced most of the main players, the Rockets' bench lineup vitality was highlighted, Nuwaba scored through the rebounding in the front court, Christopher showed offensive vitality, prompting the point difference not to be pulled too far, but the Cavaliers' bench lineup is too deep, the explosiveness and continuity of the score is extremely strong, and the Rockets will narrow the point difference to about 30 points, and the Cavaliers can quickly pull away without giving the Rockets a chance to breathe.
From the defensive end, the Rockets' defensive offensive and defensive conversions are not done well, the defensive Cavaliers' three-pointers are not done well, the defensive Cavaliers' empty cut dunks are not done well, Oaklow's vitality, Garland's tough three-pointers, the Rockets can't defend at all, the Rockets' defense will always appear empty after several passes by the Cavaliers, and the Cavaliers' ability to seize the empty sanctions is too strong for the Rockets to resist at all.
In a sense, this is a one-sided game, the Rockets gave up a set of starting lineups, gave up the head coach, prompted the Rockets' overall lineup not to develop offensive players stably, nor to stabilize the players who organized the offense, the two teams from the strength of the lineup are far apart, the Rockets' space point has not played, prompting the Rockets' offensive system to completely collapse, and the Cavaliers have fully blossomed on the offensive end, and finally prompted the occurrence of the tragedy, from this game, it is the strength of the Rockets, the Rockets need to cultivate young players at the same time, You also need to think about how to maximize the value of Theiss, which is the most important thing for the Rockets to think about this game.